Yorkshire spoof Tour de France video gets more hits than the official one

A Tour de France spoof video created by a Yorkshire-based campsite features
instructions on how to do Le Tour up north

Tour de France cyclists are advised to wear muted colours so as not to scare the sheep, use string to keep the rain from going up their trousers and replace their high-tech helmets with flat caps in a spoof welcome video for the Tour de France, created by the organiser of The Camp on Holme Moss, a Yorkshire campsite that is on the route.

Some of the advice might be heeded next weekend when the tour hits Yorkshire, as the video has had more plays than the official Tour de France promo, with more than 100,000 views so far.

Alistaire MacGregor, who created the video said his inspiration came from seeing an elderly man tackling a part of Holme Moss, a moor on the south Pennines, just outside of Huddersfield and one of the King of the Mountain stages on the Grand Depart.

“I saw an old guy going up the hill on an old steel bike that looked like it weighed more than my car, with all this heavy gear on,” he said. “Everyone seems to love it, bookings for the campsite have doubled as a result” said Alistaire. “It shows how amazing the Tour de France is going to be.”